If you don’t feel comfortable with it, drop it
We’ve all experienced a proliferation of startup programs across the geography. With new programs come more mentors. Some are more valuable than others. And we all know this. There are two sides to mentoring. The advice received and the implementation of that advice. Most mentors will give contradictory advice. This
The three stages of a startup pitch
Many entrepreneurs claim to have the best next story, truth is, most pitches are full of shit. Not intentionally, mind you, but most start-ups don’t realize how ineffective their communication is. It’s not until you remove the blind fold with an active audience that they understand how broken it really
Are startup pitches really THAT important?
The plague of start-up accelerators has brought one clear thing, pitching fatigue. People are sick to their heart of pitch practice sessions, how to do the ultimate investor deck and similar topics. Every time someone mentions the word demo-day you can see the eye rolling conga. It’s not that most
Nail your startup pitch at 42 Beers
One more time, and before we head into the new year, we, that is, the Press42 team, are getting ready for the next edition of the 42 Beers event, our own training camp for your start-up pitch. Plenty of events focus on start-up pitching, but in essence, most of them deal
